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Dec 12, 19390 J, KOMQRA 2 1182 923 REGISTER Filed March 17, 1939 VENTORm a mm, BY

"4/ ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 12, 1939 H i, H 2,182,923

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,182,923 REGISTER Louis J. Komora, EastCleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Auer Register Company, Cleveland, OhioApplication March 17, 1939, Serial No. 262,553

2 Claims. (Cl. 98-106) This invention has to do with heat or air con orbearing for the mounting of the grill plate or ditioning systems, andparticularly with the consection in a wall or baseboard, or the like.

struction of registers or grills such as are to be Welded or otherwisesecured to the rear face located in the side walls or baseboards ofrooms, of the grill section A is a bracket plate 2 of T, 5 or the like.L-form, having a flange 2a projecting rearwardly 5 The purpose of theinvention is to provide a from the member A and provided with a bearingsimplified means for holding the deflector or opening receiving thepintle 3 at one end of the shutter member associated with the grillsection deflector or shutter member C. The opposite end of the registerin adjusted positions for controlling of the deflector C, in line withthe pintle member m the flow of heated or air-conditioned air through 3,has a pintle bearing in another bracket on the the grill section, or forcutting oil the flow engrill section, this feature not being shownbecause tirely. immaterial to the invention. However, in the In thecarrying out of the invention the deabove manner the deflector ismounted for free flector or shutter member is pivotally mounted pivotalmovement relative to the supports of its in the usual manner at theupper portion of the pintle parts, including the bracket 2. 5

grill section and there is provided a hand lever Secured to the bracket2 by means of a suitprojecting through the grill section to a positionably headed rivet fastening 4 is an operating in front thereof forconvenient manipulation. lever 5 through which the said fastening alsoThe said lever is pivotally mounted on a bracket passes. The deflector Cis shifted pivotally by 30 which also forms a pivotal support for thedesaid operating lever to open and close the same flector or shuttermember, and a spring friction in relation to the openings I of the grillsection plate is interposed between the lever and the A. The lever 5 issomewhat peculiarly formed said bracket so as to apply to the leversuffito provide the handle arm 6 and the spaced bicient friction underall conditions of its operating furcations 1 and 8 at the lower endopposite the tmovement to hold the same stationary along end having thehandle 6. with the deflector itself, upon discontinuing said Thefastening member 4 passes through the operating movement. middle portionof the lever 5 and the said lever The invention involves detail featuresof conis arranged therefore to turn about the fastenstruction inaddition to those above described ing 4 as an axis. However, thebifurcations of generally, all of which will appear more fully in thelever are caused to straddle the upper cutthe following description andaccompanying away portion 9 of the deflector C and to have a drawing, inwhich: sort of sliding bearing thereon to obtain the Figure 1 is a rearelevation of a register, looking necessary connection for shifting thedeflector from the rear thereof and illustrating the grill when thelever B is tilted pivotally about its axis section, rear frame member,and deflector, partly 4. 35 broken away, the emphasis of theillustration be- Now to hold the lever 5 and the deflector C in ing uponthe actuating lever and detent friction adjusted positions, there isinterposed between spring parts. the outer side of the lever 5 and theadjacent Figure 2 is asectional view taken upon the line side of theflange 2a of the bracket 2 a spring 22 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection of the friction plate I0. This plate is formed on a fixedarrow. curved arc and its ends bear against the flange Figure 3 is aview similar to Figure 2, but show- 2a while its middle portion bearsagainst the side ing the deflector partly open instead of closed as ofthe lever 5. The fastening 4 passes through in Figure 2. the plate Inand holds it from displacement. The 5 Specifically describing theinvention, A in the degree of spring tension to be exerted by the platedrawings illustrates the grill section or plate of I0 is calibratedsuitably in the manufacture of the register which, as is Well known, isthe front these members l0, and the parts 5, I0 and 2 are finishingmember of the unit, said grill section assembled by means of theconnection established being provided with the grill openings l forpasbetween them by the headed rivet 4. sage of the air from a flue orother passage, The handle 6 of the lever extends through one into theroom. Applied to the rear side of the of the grill openings l near theupper portion of grill section A is the usual rectangular frame thegrill section A so that no special opening is member B, a corner portionof which is shown in necessary to be formed in the latter for the purthedrawings, and this frame member performs poses of use of the operatingdevice described. the usual function of providing a seat portion Theinvention of the specific means for actuating the deflector or shuttermember C is simple, easy to manufacture, and readily to be assembled inthe register or grill unit according to the disclosure herein.

As seen in Figure 2, the deflector or shutter member C is closed, beingadjusted as closely to the grill section A as practicable, whereas itwill be apparent that by downward pressure on the fingerpiece of thehandle member, the lever 5 will be rocked inwardly and the outerbifurcation 8 thereof contacting the member 0 will swing it open andmaintain it open. Movement of the lever 5 upwardly to reassume theposition of Figure 2 or intermediate positions between those of Figures2 and 3 causes the outer bifurcation I to engage and frictionally shovethe deflector C toward its closed position against the grill section A.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. A register unit as described, comprising a grill section, a bracketplate attached to the rear side of said section and having a pintleopening, a deflector movable toward and from the rear side of the grillsection and having a pintle member entering said pintle opening, anoperating lever projecting through the grill section and formed with ahandle member externally to the latter and also formed with spacedbifurcations at its end opposite the handle member, a pivotal fasteningbetween the said lever at its middle portion, and the said bracket platepermitting shifting movement of the register and the deflector, and acurved spring friction plate interposed between the lever and thebracket plate and through which the said fastening passes, by whichfriction plate the lever and deflector are held in adjusted positionsafter movement.

2. In a register unit of the class described, in combination, a grillsection, a deflector pivotally mounted at the rear of said section tomove toward and from the grill openings of the grill section, and adevice for shifting the deflector relatively to the grill sectionconsisting of a lever pivotally supported in rear of the grill section,having a handle projecting outwardly from the grill section and havingspaced portions adapted to contact with opposite sides of the deflectorso that when the lever is moved pivotally it will swing the deflectoreither inwardly from the grill section or outwardly toward it by meansof contact of the spaced members with the opposite sides of thedeflector, the support for the deflector comprising a bracket platereceiving a pintle member of the deflector, and a spring friction plateinterposed between the said bracket plate and the said operating leverfor holding the operating lever and thereby the deflector engagedtherewith at suitable adjustments between opening and closing positions.

LOUIS J. KOMORA.

